diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65fa48eda47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/directfb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, perl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "directfb-1.0.0-pre-rc2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://directfb.org/downloads/Core/DirectFB-1.0.0-rc2.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "1996c8e90075b1177b847cd594122401";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [perl];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4e402744cb3..a54c7df6d29 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1221,6 +1221,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libxml2 openssl bzip2;
   };
 
+  directfb = import ../development/libraries/directfb {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl;
+  };
+
   expat = import ../development/libraries/expat {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };